94% of the Thai population follow and practice Buddhism. Behind every ambiguous Bangkok backstreet, every popular tourist trap and every breathtaking view, one can always find a temple for prayer, solitude and peace. Whilst backpacking through South East Asia, I discovered the term "Annica": one of the three marks of existence in Buddhism, meaning 'impermanent, inconsistent and unsteady'. Appropriate? Unquestionably. Within the pages of my travel diary lies a certain quote from an anonymous source: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do so throw off the bowlines and sail away from the safe harbour". "What the hell am I doing" was my first thought when arriving in Sydney, Australia. At 1am on February 4th I was overwhelmed, apprehensive and ALONE. You
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